Issue 5 | 2025 Fall

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INTERVIEW

Under pressure to meet ambitious supply goals, BC’s Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, Christine Boyle, is counting on her experience as a city councillor to work with stakeholders across the board to help British Columbians.

Using Every Tool in the Kit

Under pressure to meet ambitious supply goals, BC’s Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, Christine Boyle, is counting on her experience as a city councillor to work with stakeholders across the board to help British Columbians.

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ARTICLE

For many in the planning and development community, the buck still goes further in the Fraser Valley.

National Crisis – Local Challenge

For many in the planning and development community, the buck still goes further in the Fraser Valley.

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ARTICLE

CMHC’s new affordability ratios are counting on aggressive supply targets—just to get us back to 2019 affordability levels by 2035.

Bridging the Supply Gap and Restoring Affordability

CMHC’s new affordability ratios are counting on aggressive supply targets—just to get us back to 2019 affordability levels by 2035.

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ARTICLE

Forging the future of real estate in BC. An overview of Western Canada’s premier real estate gathering.

PacificWest 2025

Forging the future of real estate in BC. An overview of Western Canada’s premier real estate gathering.

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BOARD NEWS

The Fraser Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation is on track to grant its millionth dollar to a local charity.

A Singular Milestone

The Fraser Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation is on track to grant its millionth dollar to a local charity.

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ADVOCACY

New FVREB report proposes policy recommendations to fast-track offsite construction to meet supply goals.

Building Faster, Smarter

New FVREB report proposes policy recommendations to fast-track offsite construction to meet supply goals.

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In case you missed it..

LOCUS Spring 2025

Gearing Up for Growth

Langley Township Mayor Eric Woodward Mayor is laser-focused on safeguarding the momentum to build housing and create opportunities for his constituents. And if that means challenging the status quo or the dictums out of Victoria, then so be it.

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LOCUS Spring 2025

No Vacancy at Any Price

The rental housing crisis has been decades in the making, but maybe the Fraser Valley will be the place to lead the recovery.

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LOCUS Spring 2025

Real Estate Outlook 2025

The Fraser Valley and other parts of BC are looking at a year of delayed recovery for the real estate and development sector.

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From the CEO

 
Baldev Gill

Leading, Learning, and Innovating at PacificWest 2025

 

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From the Chair

 
Tore Jacobsen

Adapting and advising on real estate’s front lines.

 

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POLL

What’s Keeping Buyers at Bay?

Home sales have been down or sluggish compared to last year across the country. What’s the main factor keeping Fraser Valley buyers on the sidelines?

Insight

Normalizing uncertainty in the wake of tariff threats.
Brendon Ogmundson

Living with Uncertainty

Normalizing uncertainty in the wake of tariff threats.

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Trending

Investment, unit absorption and permits as barometers for housing market health.

Housing Health Markers

Investment, unit absorption and permits as barometers for housing market health.

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Last Word

Tough challenges for the BC residential construction sector.
Penny Gurstein

Bridging the Supply Gap

Tough challenges for the BC residential construction sector.

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